Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday blamed a military commander for the apparent war crime the U.S. military committed in September in the Caribbean Sea, saying that it was Admiral Mitch Bradley, not Hegseth, who ordered the strike to kill survivors of an initial missile attack.

"Let’s make one thing crystal clear: Admiral Mitch Bradley is an American hero, a true professional, and has my 100% support. I stand by him and the combat decisions he has made—on the Sept. 2 mission and all others since," Hegseth wrote in a post on X. "America is fortunate to have such men protecting us. When this [Department of Defense] says we have the back of our warriors—we mean it."

Of course, it's impossible to believe anything that Hegseth says. The Trump administration lies often and with no remors

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